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That's the great thing about poker; you don't have to be better than the house's odds which are fixed against you anyway: you only have to be better than the ot
by technofiend 9y ago
That's the great thing about poker; you don't have to be better than the house's odds which are fixed against you anyway: you only have to be better than the other players. I used to regularly fund trips to Vegas playing small stakes tournaments against people who had watched one too many WSOP events on TV. Then I'd lose or barely place in the money playing medium stakes tournaments with all the locals and the grinders. It is possible to find your level and profit from playing those slightly below it. But after a while it's indistinguishable from a 9-5 job, so you really have to love it.
- valuearb 9y agoit's really hard to win st poker, the take is high enough to make 95% of players bet losers.
- technofiend 9y agoI did mention playing tournament poker where the entry costs are fixed although escalating blinds can force you to adopt different strategies based on your M. I agree live is different but even then house take can vary greatly.
- valuearb 9y agoThe rake on live poker tournaments is terrible, probably worse than cash games. The great thing about tourneys is that anyone can win one and think they are great at poker. My mid-high stakes cash games were always helped immensely by tourney donkeys.
- technofiend 9y agoLive tournaments? That's a contradiction in terms. I don't know what you mean.
- sanswork 9y agoLive tournament means tournaments played in person at an actual table across from actual people as oppose to online tournament played over the internet.